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Looks like its from 2007 though, I'm sure you would be better with something like Reaper, although you will need an interface to use it such as https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/search/?Query=audio+interface&searchoverride=
The onboard drum machine and COSM effects processor algorithms help with getting ideas down quickly. Unfortunately, even by 2007 standards, the amp models are pretty cheesy. Editing is possible but fiddly.
Agreed. The mics are acceptable for a stripped down drum box, acoustic guitar, vocal melody demo.
Indeed. Some of my collaborator's rough sketches got transferred as real time audio to Apple Logic Pro. (These have since been used as guide tracks for fully arranged joint Projects.) It is also possible to export BR audio files to a computer DAW via a software utility app.
If I recall correctly, my collaborator ceased using his BR800 once he got Garageband 10 for iOS. Projects that he begins in GB can be opened, edited and completed in Logic. He keeps the BOSS BR out of a combination of nostalgia and the thought that there might still be a few worthwhile song beginnings lurking on the memory card.
+1. It needs to be cheap.
Bottom line. The BR800 has long since been outclassed by even modest tablet computing devices.
I never filled a SD card, so, by no means obsolete , but I never got into recording on my I pad either, if it records at 48k 24 bit, which i think it does, its great for getting an idea down quickly.
I wouldn't waste my time trying to do serious editing on anything other than a DAW these days, but for capturing sounds they are cool.
But an EP recorded on just a MicroBR might be an interesting exercise and something unusual to market. Like 'bedroom recordings' used to be in the days of mega studios...
The BR80 is fairly straightforward to use and there are drums than aren`t too difficult to work with, a `guitar to bass` function and an inbuilt vocal mic that sounds ok. So you literally need a guitar, a lead and some headphones.
If you`re going to want to be importing backing tracks or drum tracks then possibly look at the zoom r8 instead. Zoom allows drag and drop of files to the R8 as an external hard dive as they use standard .wav files - Boss like tascam use their own file type, so you have to use their software converter to import and export files.
For the past few years (probably at least 8 in fact) I've been using a Zoom R8 which combines digital recording with the hands-on dials and faders of an old cassette multitrack. I think there are better options, even for just a cheap second hand purchase - a lot of the digital multitrackers can be found quite cheaply nowadays.
The sheer pleasure of instant switch-on, hardware controls for everything, a tiny unit which can be run on batteries and taken room-to-room or even on location is a joy compared to fiddling with a recalcitrant computer.
My latest acquisition is a BR600, which does have proper faders and lots of controls. The menu-diving in the smaller units would probably annoy me a bit, but the 600 is just like a good old tape Portastudio - in fact, compared to one of those it’s state-of-the-art.
Bear in mind the above is regarding making demos and rough sketches. I wouldn’t want to make anything overly complex, although having said that it sounds like a challenge to self!
Probably the best compromise between the two is having a portable recorder around for tracking when inspiration strikes, and bring the files into a DAW for post-production.